Millennia before time flowed freely and man was born there were five goddesses four sisters and their mother. They were Natari Goddess of Prudence, Censara Goddess of Justice, Lumina Goddess of Temperance, Quanta Goddess of Fortitude, and their mother Aevus Goddess of Time.
Natari, Censara, and Lumina love to create and watch things grow. They decided to make everything they could ever dream of in the void below their heavens. They fashion a world out of their very essence, their life force. They created vast mountain ranges, deep oceans, enormous forest, Plants, animals, men, anything they could imagine.
Quanta became jealous of what the others were doing, for she possessed little imagination and could contribute little to their sisters world. Every day she looked upon her sisters creations and thought how much better they must think themselves than her for they created all this.
A thousand years into the life of this new world, Quanta had had enough. She descended from her perch in the heaven and with hands outstretched, she started to drain the divine life force of her sister’s out of the land. Crops wilted, Animals fell ill, men collapsed and turned to dust in the streets, mountains fell, ocean dried up, life simply stopped.
Confident that everything was gone Quanta ascended back to the heavens. The next day the sisters preparing something else for their land ventured to the veranda where they could view their creation... And what they saw was nothing, Nothing at all. The void stretched below them as though their world had never existed. They started anew recreating as best they could what had been lost. People lived in peace and everything was right once more.
Quanta was infuriated when she saw her sisters rebuilding the world that she thought was gone for good. She descended once more from the heavens and again she drained the world of its life force, only this time there was a witness. Censara, Goddess of Judgement wishing to watch her world grow was standing on the veranda. She watched as Quanta reduced their world again to dusk and then the void overcame the dust and there was nothingness.
Censara told Natari and Lumina what Quanta had done, then they all appealed to their Mother, Aevus, the Goddess of Time. Aevus told them “In the world you created Quanta was not included. She thinks that you three prized your world above your relationship with her. She said to them, “Next time you make a world include your sister in it, ask her to make some of it. If she has a share in its making she will be more hesitant to destroy it.”
The sisters took this advice but the first sister posed a problem with creating another world to their mother. “We’ve fashion the worlds we made out of our own life force, and our power is beginning to wane, if we make another world and Quanta destroys it we will fade away.” “Do not worry my child, if your sister indeed tried again to end your creation I will defend it with my life.” “Thank you Mother” They said and departed their Mother’s chambers.
The next day Natari, Censara, and Lumina went to Quanta and said to her “Our world fade away each time we try to make one, we believe they are unbalanced, surly if you helped us create a new world it would last an eternity.” Quanta answered them “If you want my help, I give it freely. Just don’t expect anything to grand.” despite Quanta’s agreement with the other three she was afraid to make anything for fear that it should fail. The fourth sisters made a third world together. Filling it with all the wonders and riches of the two previous.
Quanta added her power to the other but did nothing more for she could not create anything for fear of if not turning out the way it was planned. Natari notice. “Go on” she said “make something, if it goes badly it can be fixed later.” Quanta still could not think of something to make so she looked into the creations of the divine power she had stolen. From there she created a tribe of people, predominantly women who worshipped her as if she was the sole goddess.
The other three did not look kindly on this but the remained silent for fear that the fourth would grow angry and destroy all that was before her.
The goddesses finished work upon their creation and saw that it was good. Secretly however Quanta looked on the world and saw only how great her sisters creations were compared to hers. She was unsatisfied with the world and so she descended again to the earth meaning to drain the world of it life force once more. She held her arms aloft and was about to reduce the world to dust, when a voice drifted over the hills, valleys and rivers. “What are doing to your sisters beloved people, daughter?” Quanta looked around and saw her mother descend along side her. “My sister love this forsaken land far more than me so I shall destroy everything that they hold dear.” “My beloved, why would you want to shatter them like that. They have worked hard for this world and so have you, why do you not share the rewards together.” Aevus said Quanta responded venomously “They shall feel the pain of loss as I have, I lost them to this accursed world so now they shall lose it.” “I am sorry my daughter but if you shall not turn back I will stop even if it means ending you time prematurely.” “You would kill you own daughter?” “I would if it means protecting my other three. Now if you will not turn back, we enter into the field of battle.” “You force my hand Mother, I do not wish to fight you but if you attack me I shall destroy you.” “Have at it then”
The two goddesses, mother, and daughter began to fight. Aevus wielded a silver sword (The physical manifestation of time), Quanta a bronze trident. There fight lasted months, surviving on divine strength alone the two fought and fought neither ever having the advantage over the other. The battle reached it inevitable conclusions, The Goddess of Time stabbed her daughter. The silver blade turned to liquid as it slid into Quanta's chest. The silver strands of time snaked around the fourth goddess. imprisoning her completely in tendrils of silver.
“This is your prison daughter, a prison that not even you can break. It is time itself that will hold you hostage.” “You never had the strength to finish me did you Mother? I however don’t suffer from the same affliction. Quanta with her final amount of freedom before the web of time ensnared her completely stabbed the trident into Aevus’s chest. The Goddess of Time fell backward as the poison of Quanta’s magic overwhelmed her. The three sisters who had been watching from the balcony descended. “What have you done? You wicked fiend.” said Censara “You are going to regret what has taken place here today.” said Lumina “It’s chaos poisoning we need to heal her soon.” said Natari. The three took their mother up to the heavens where they used her own magic to preserve her until a time at which she could be saved. Then they left for the one thing left to them, Vengance.
The three had no way left to punish Quanta except to hurt the one thing that she loved in this world. Despite her lack of faith in her creation abilities Quanta was very proud of the tribe she created. The three sisters decided to destroy this tribe's way of living. They pointed the moon and the sun at the land, leaving it scorched with heat during the day and beyond freezing during the night. They also took the life from that land and took the water from the air leaving it barren and unfit for crops.
The People survived, living off of other’s hard work. They stole what they needed from honest people in the countryside. Those thieves have survived with much toil and strife, living on in the first desert and becoming the most well known thieves to day.